A Sick Day
I started feeling kind of weird at work yesterday, staying absolutely freezing even though it was 70 degrees and I was wearing TWO sweaters, one of them wool. Felt worse by bed, and still felt cruddy...
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Insomnia is not an affliction from which I suffer often. That’s more my husband’s territory. He goes in cycles. It hits me maybe once year. I just broke such a 5 day streak, sleeping (without...
View ArticleOn Bloglines and Realistic Expectations
First, I have to do a little dance ’round the office boogie because I just found out that MerchantCircle has made some kind of deal with Ask.com and Bloglines isn’t going away. I will spare you from...
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First off, I needed to share the exciting news that I’ve crossed over 3,000 copies sold for Forsaken By Shadow. For most traditionally published work, that would be considered an excellent run, and I...
View Article1,000 Ebooks This Month! Almost…
For anybody who follows Joe Konrath’s blog, you’ll know that the figure that keeps being batted around as a yardstick for indie authors selling well is those who are selling 1,000 books or more a...
View ArticleA Tome About Promo for Indie Authors: Part 2-The Freebie
In Part 1 of this series, I talked about The Blog Tour. Costs you nothing but time and helps build some recognition for your name. Today I want to shift gears and talk about something else that costs...
View ArticleState of Sales
So the first quarter of 2011 has ended. I am pleased to report that I exceeded, in 3 months, both number of copies and actual profits made in all of 2010. Woo! Grand total, I’ve sold over 6,500...
View ArticleOn Sales: House (Not) and Books
So I didn’t sell my house on Friday the 13th. Between the burned cookies, the unfortuitous date, and the fact that the people who came for the first showing of the day tracked dog poo all over the...
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Recordkeeping and Sales
I feel like I should have a feather duster tucked behind my ear and an adding machine at my fingertips. It’s a virtual housekeeping/record updating kinda day. The latest quarter (ish) numbers have...
View ArticleThe Etiquette of Talking To Writers
As writers, we are often viewed by “normal” (read: non-creative types) as strange and exotic creatures, something in a zoo to be studied, fascinated. People ask us all kinds of questions. I am always...
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